ARCHAEOLOGY BELOW THE CLIFF - Race, Class, and Redlegs in Barbadian Sugar Society

The first archaeological study of the poor whites of Barbados, the descendants of seventeenth-century European indentured servants and small farmers. Using archaeological, historical, and oral sources, Matthew Reilly shows how the precarious existence of the Barbadian Redlegs challenged elite hypercapitalistic notions of economics, race, and class.

Info autore

Matthew C. Reilly is an assistant professor of anthropology at the City College of New York.

Riassunto

The first archaeological study of the poor whites of Barbados, the descendants of seventeenth-century European indentured servants and small farmers. Using archaeological, historical, and oral sources, Matthew Reilly shows how the precarious existence of the Barbadian Redlegs challenged elite hypercapitalistic notions of economics, race, and class.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Reilly, Matthew C. Reilly
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780817320287
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2028-7
• Pagine: 272
• Dimensioni: 160 mm x 246 mm x 27 mm
• Peso: 562 g
• Illustrazioni: 19 black & white figures, 4 maps, 1 table
• Serie: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali